DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has launched a new donation service on its website and provided an e-application for smartphones. The service is said to be the first of its kind among charities in the region.
The website and app allow philanthropists to set up personal pages to plan donations on a monthly or annual basis, based on their goals. It also enables donors to specify amounts allocated for the realisation of goals.
Each page shows progress made by the donor and the balance of donation required to achieve the goal. It also provides information about the nearest QC donation collector to complete the process easily.
The service also allows the donor to track the collector’s movement, information and time needed to arrive and allows him/her to call the collector anytime.
The updated website includes an e-gateway for donation. Donors will be able to search and choose field of donation, project and the country to which donation will go.
The website has two news interfaces: One international and one local. Each has two sub-gateways: One for news (local news for the local section and international news for the international section) and another for success stories.
QC has also installed e-kiosks to allow donations via credit cards. New machines launched in the beginning of Ramadan have a more attractive and user-friendly interface.
QC previously launched websites and smartphone apps that provide innovative methods to fund its relief and development programmes and projects through the Internet.
The Travel and Donate website allows people to support humanitarian projects implemented by QC throughout the world. This is done through booking flights or hotels and related travel services without any additional costs. The Steps of Benefaction Application (Walk and Donate) is a smartphone app that combines charity work and physical fitness. Each step while using the app can contribute to building educational or health facilities for poor communities, transforming daily walk into charity works. The Peninsula
